Coffee-pot.



- No. 699,604. Patented may 6, |902.

F. N. wu. 6 J. s'. GAIENNIE.

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C E E lication led Feb. 27,

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Artnr FRANK N. VILOOX AND JULES GAIENNIE, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

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SEECIFICATION :termi-ng part of Letters Patent No. 699,604, dated May 6, 1902.

i i Applicationled February 27,190@ Serial No. 95,989. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, FRANK NNVILCOX and JULES S. GAIENNIE, citizens of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee-Pots; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a "full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in coffee-pots, and especially to that type provided with two compartments and an intermediat-e strainer for separating the liquid from the ground coffee, the ground coee and boiling water being placed in one compartment and the pot inverted, so as to allow the water to percolate through the coffee-grounds intov the other compartment, making what is generally styled drip coffee. In the coffeepots of this class now in use it takes quite some little time for the liquid colfee to drip through into the receiving-receptacle, and to facilitate this dripping is one 0f the objects of our invention. By our invention we also dispense with the cloth strainer generally used and provide a simple metallic strainer which can be readily cleaned and used almost indefinitely. l

Other advantages of our improved coffee pot and strainer will be apparent upon an inspection of the same, and to more fully describe the nature of our invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of our improved coffee-pot, the strainer being shown in dotted lines in position for dripping the coffee into the receiving-receptacle. .Fig. 2 is an in' verted longitudinal sectional View of Fig. l and Figs. 3 and 4 are views, partiallyin section, of modified forms of strainers.

A represents the receptacle for holding the dripped-or liquid coffee, and B is the receptacle for the ground coffee and boiling water.

C is `the strainer,which separates the pot into two compartments.

The receptacle A is provided with a suitable spout and handle, and its open end has a curled rim d disposed around the saine. The receptacle B is provided near its open end with an annular ridge b. The distance The strainer O consists of one or more sheets of stiffened gauze, preferably metallic, or a perforated metal sheet, or a combination of both formed into a substantially hollow cone and is provided at its base with an inwardlyextending annular flange D, having the annular curled rim or shoulder d.

E represents a band of metal which is adapted to be fitted over and incase the strainer for a portion of its length for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to. This band ,may be permanently fixed to the strainer, or it may be only temporarily secured tothe same, so that it can readily be removed from the strainer for facilitating the cleaning of the strainer, or it may form an integral portion of the strainer, as shown at E E0 in the modiiications. y

In Fig. 3 the strainer is substantially con ical-shaped for a distance equal to about the depth of the annular flange D and is surmounted by the impervious elongated tubular portion E, which isprovided at its end with a straining-tip e, and in Fig. 4 a somewhat-similar construction to Fig. 2 is shown, the 'strainer consisting of the hollow bellshaped netting, having the central imperforate portion E0 formed integral therewith and provided with the perforated tip e0.

In the process 0f making the dripped coffee the ground coffee is placed in the receptacle B and the strainer C fitted therein, 'the ,flan ge D of the strainer incasing and in contact with the lower open end of the receptacle B and the curled rim CZ resting on the annular ridge b. By this arrangement a compact connection is made between the strainer and the receptacle B. The strainer is of such alength that when fixed in position inthe receptacle B the reduced end will not quite reach the closed end of the receptacle B. Boiling Water having been y poured on the grounds, the receptacle A is placed over the flanged portion of the strainer, the curled rim a. resting on the annular curled rim d, and the coifeepot is then inverted. Immediately the contents of the receptacle B will fall toward the IOO - upper receptacle, thereby creating a pressure base of the strainer, the ground coffee falll ing in the space formed between the lower perforated portion of the strainer and the fiange D,and the steeped liquid coffee will occupy the space opposite the impervious portion of the strainer, and the liquid coffee will have to percolate through the grounds to escape. As the liquid coifee is dripped into the receiving-receptacle it displaces the airandforcesit up through thehollowstrainer above the imperforate portion and into the on the top of the liquid being dripped. By this arrangement a complete circulation is caused, and owing to the pressure above the liquid being dripped and the suction below the process of dripping is greatly facilitated.

Although we have shown particular'forms of strainers, it is obvious that other forms may be designed and used without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination with a coifee-pot, of a hollow strainer, for dividing the pot into two compartments, comprising an enlarged perforated base portion, a reduced perforated top portion and an intermediate imperforate portion,

2. The combination with a coffee-pot coinposed of two receptacles, of a strainer, separating the two receptacles, comprising an enlarged perforated base portion, a reduced perforatedtop portion and an intermediate imperforate portion.

3. The combination with a codec-pot, composed of two receptacles, of a hollow substantially tapering strainer, separating said receptacles, provided with an imperforate band centrally disposed circumferentially around the same.

4. The combination with a coffee-pot, composed of two receptacles, of a hollow substantially tapering strainer, separating said receptacles, provided with a removable imperforate band centrally disposed circumferentially around the same.

5. The combination with a coffee-pot composed of two receptacles, of a strainer, separating the same, comprising anenlarged perforated base portion, a reduced perforated top portion and an intermediate imperforate portion, and provided at its base with an inwardly-projecting annular flange.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK N. WILCOX. JULES S. GAIENNIE. Witnesses:

THos. B. WELLKER, J. Q. GOWLAND. 

